As Black History Month winds down, we’re proud to bring you a clip from the KQED archives of Dr. Maya Angelou reciting Countee Cullen’s poem “Heritage.” The clip comes from Blacks, Blues, Black!, a 10 ...

As we mourn the passing of the great Maya Angelou, we remember all of the awards, recognitions and accolades she earned over the course of her illustrious career as an artist and activist. The Grammy ...

Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, overcame childhood trauma and racism to become a celebrated writer. Her ...

St. Louis’ own Dr. Maya Angelou, the writer, poet, performer, social activist, and teacher became the first Black woman to appear on the quarter-dollar, the U.S. Mint announced early last week. An act ...

Amanda Gorman will be reciting an original poem at this year's Super Bowl, one of many notable appearances she’s made and will be making in 2021 since reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President ...

Under a decade ago, Amanda Gorman was still a teenage student in Los Angeles, spending her days devouring the works of Toni Morrison and furiously scribbling in her journals with the dream of one day ...

BRIANA: AS THE INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES BEGIN TO WIND DOWN PEOPLE ARE PRAISING THE NATIONS FIRST NATIONAL YOUTH POET LAUREATE. JUSTIN SHRAIR SPOKE WITH WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY EDUCATOR AND POET THERE ...

The coin debuts a four-year series of quarters featuring trailblazing women, including Nina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong. Maya Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill ...

Amanda Gorman, 22, made history Wednesday as the youngest inaugural poet in US history. Gorman wore earrings and a ring gifted by Oprah Winfrey as she recited her poem, "The Hill We Climb." In 1993, ...

Maya Angelou was a poet, memoirist, civil rights activist, and one of the most towering literary figures of the twentieth century - whose words continue to shape how the world thinks about race, ...

Maya Angelou became the second poet in history to recite a poem at an inauguration with her reading of "On the Pulse of Morning" when Bill Clinton was first sworn in as president in 1993. Now, she'll ...